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Bryce DeWitt

1923 - 2004

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Bryce Seligman DeWitt (born Carl Bryce Seligman; January 8, 1923 – September 23, 2004) was an American theoretical physicist noted for his work in gravitation and quantum field theory. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Bryce DeWitt has received more than 156,102 page views. His biography is available in 22 different languages on Wikipedia. Bryce DeWitt is the 532nd most popular physicist (up from 562nd in 2019), the 4,491st most popular biography from United States (up from 5,311th in 2019) and the 108th most popular American Physicist.

Memorability Metrics

  • 160k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 51.54

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 22

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 5.64

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.64

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Page views of Bryce DeWitts by language

Over the past year Bryce DeWitt has had the most page views in the with 20,923 views, followed by Russian (3,426), and Chinese (2,371). In terms of yearly growth of page views the top 3 wikpedia editions are Southern Azerbaijani (139.68%), Egyptian Arabic (91.79%), and Simple English (65.55%)

Among PHYSICISTS

Among physicists, Bryce DeWitt ranks 532 out of 851. Before him are Ralph H. Fowler, Nicola Cabibbo, Jürgen Ehlers, Boris Rosing, Samuel T. Cohen, and Edward Condon. After him are Eric Allin Cornell, Vladimir Steklov, Macedonio Melloni, Leonid Mandelstam, Knut Ångström, and Dmitri Ivanenko.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1923, Bryce DeWitt ranks 214. Before him are Galyani Vadhana, Achille Silvestrini, Grigory Romanov, Inger Jacobsen, Jamshid Amouzegar, and Gerald Götting. After him are Leon Niemczyk, Jean Delumeau, William Guarnere, Lydia Clarke, Ryōtarō Shiba, and Jalal Al-e-Ahmad. Among people deceased in 2004, Bryce DeWitt ranks 150. Before him are Christer Pettersson, Rogelio Domínguez, Mitsuteru Yokoyama, Ivan Hlinka, Ryszard Kukliński, and Carlo Rustichelli. After him are Augusto da Costa, Xenophon Zolotas, Rick James, Eric Sturgess, Barney Kessel, and Dimebag Darrell.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Bryce DeWitt ranks 4,491 out of 20,380. Before him are Randall Duk Kim (1943), Vincent Pastore (1946), Dennis Lehane (1965), Catherine Hicks (1951), Nathan Lane (1956), and Adrienne Rich (1929). After him are Lorraine Gary (1937), Andrew Tate (1986), Reed Hastings (1960), Jared Padalecki (1982), Tom Welling (1977), and Daryl Hall (1946).

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Among PHYSICISTS In United States

Among physicists born in United States, Bryce DeWitt ranks 108. Before him are Theodore Hall (1925), Lester Germer (1896), Alan Sokal (1955), John Henry Schwarz (1941), Samuel T. Cohen (1921), and Edward Condon (1902). After him are Eric Allin Cornell (1961), Norman Holter (1914), Theodore Lyman IV (1874), John G. Trump (1907), Frank J. Tipler (1947), and Kenneth Bainbridge (1904).

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